OFFICE LOCATIONS:

2405 Shadelands Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 939-8585

5201 Norris Canyon Road, Suite 300
San Ramon, CA  94583
    

Congress Medical Associates Program, Pasadena, California Fellowship in Sports Medicine and Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, with Drs. Gregory Adamson, James Shankwiler, and Michael Fraipont.

University of Southern California/Los Angeles County Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.  Resident in Orthopaedic Surgery.  July, 2001 – June 2006. Administrative Chief Resident, 2005-2006.

 
INSTRUCTIONAL COURSES:

Vail Hip Arthroscopy Symposium, Vail, CO, February 2009.

 24^th Annual San Diego Shoulder Meeting, Arthroscopy, Arthroplasty, and Fractures.  San Diego, CA, June 2007.

 Carticel Fellows Course – Cartilage restorative meeting and instructional course. Carlsbad, California, December 2006. 

Shoulder Surgery Controversies 2006. Newport Beach, CA, October 2006

 AO North America, ASIF Principles of Fracture Management Course for Residents.  Reno, Nevada.  January 2003.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: 

Head Team Physician, Monte Vista High School, Danville, CA

Assistant Team Physician, Occidental College. 2006-2007

Assistant Team Physician, Pasadena City College, 2006-2007

Head Team Physician, Eagle Rock High School, 2006-2007

Guest Lecturer, Mt. Diablo Unified School District, Sports Medicine classes.

Swim With Mike annual swim-a-thon raising money for the USC Physically-Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund.

Representative, Joint Council of Interns and Residents, USC-Los Angeles Medical Center, 2004-2005

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP: 

Diplomate, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

Member, California Orthopaedic Association

Member, Western Orthopaedic Association

Member, USC Graduate Orthopaedic Society

RESEARCH:

Michlitsch M, Adamson G, Pink M, Shankwiler J, Lee TQ.  Biomechanical Comparison of a Modified Weaver-Dunn and a Free Tissue Graft Reconstruction of the Acromioclavicular Joint Complex.  Accepted, pending publication, Am J Sports Med.

(Paper presented at American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Keystone, CO, 2009 and at the American Shoulder and Elbow Society Specialty Day Meeting, AAOS, Las Vegas, NV, 2009. * Nominated for Charles Neer Award)

Michlitsch M, Adamson G, Koganti A, Pink MM. Outcomes Assessment in Patients with Lateral Epicondylitis.  Submitted, in review process, J Shoulder Elbow Surg.

Michlitsch M, Rethlefsen S, Kay R. The Contributions of Anterior and Posterior Tibialis to Varus Foot Deformity in Cerebral Palsy.  J Bone Joint Surg. 2006;88-A:1764-8.

Michlitsch M, Koganti A, Shankwiler J.  Computed tomography versus magnetic resonance imaging:  Measurement of glenoid version.  Presented at the annual Southern California Graduate Orthopaedic Society Meeting, June 2006.

Michlitsch M, Hedman T, Chon J, Watkins R. Relationship between lumbar fusion angle and force transmission in an adjacent motion segment.  Abstract, published in University of Southern California School of Medicine Research Forum, 1999.

PRESENTATIONS:

“Multi-Ligamentous Knee Injuries”, given as a guest lecturer at the Congress Medical Foundation Lectureship Series, April 2007.

“Sports-related Injuries in Children”, given at the John Muir Physician Network CME Meeting, May, 2008.

“What’s New in Shoulder Arthroplasty”, given at the John Muir Health Orthopaedic Update, June, 2008.

“What’s New in ACL Reconstruction”, given at the John Muir Health Orthopaedic Update, May, 2009. 

“Cartilage Injuries in the Knee”, given to the John Muir Women’s Health Lectureship Series, January, 2009. 

REFERENCES:

Available upon request.

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